Busy Weekend
I had a double gig this Saturday, starting with the Dill Pickles at the 2010 NarbEarth day in Narberth, PA, and ending with the Super Devils at Murph’s in Fishtown that night.
The Pickles’ regular guitar player, Zach, couldn’t make the Narberth show, so Charlie Hardy and Frankie Basile sat in. Here are a few shots:
This is Charlie, great mandolin picker and singer. I’m hoping to work with him this summer, putting together an educational presentation about old time music that we can pitch to schools and colleges.
Pickin’ a few before Frankie got there (I’d post the Frankie shots, but for whatever reason they’re super-tiny, as in “who made a postage stamp with Frankie on it”).
And here I am, pomp down:
It went up a few hours later, and after washing my hair three times this morning, I still can’t get the stuff out, and now I look like Dr. Who (David Tennant model).
After a good old time in Narberth (and what a lovely little town that is), I headed home with Christina to finish the household chores and to prepare for part 2: rockabilly time at Murph’s bar. Susie Madrak dropped by and took a sweet little shot:
…and I’m waiting for a few more, which I’ll post as i get ‘em.
We were at Murph’s rockin’ until at least 2:30 AM, and didn’t really hit the sack until 4:00 AM. So you can imagine how delighted we were when Little Elvis decided he absolutely needed attention on Sunday morning at 7:00 AM. This is what it looked like:
…except with more swearing on my part.
After dragging my weary ass out of bed, downing some coffee and hauling the gigantic-amplifier-that-weighs-a-million-pounds into the house, it was time for a quick grocery run and then onto practice with the Schuylkill River Outlaws, who I’m playing with on May 1 at the Tritone.
Thoroughly exhausted by this point, I drove to my parents’ place in New Jersey to pick up a few thousand ladybugs my mom bought for my backyard garden. This was a two-hour round trip, which got me home just in time for dinner and the final David Tennant episode of Dr. Who.
Then I went to bed. Long weekend. Tired Brendan
